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sir u.s. strategy should have focused on asia, but because of britain's persuasion and roosevelts strategic thinking and u.s. and allied overall adopted a policy of europe first is the second strategy. that dramatically reduced the importance of the china theater which have become a major issue term world politics. china constantly tries to justify its importance in the overall global strategy while most of the british tried to downplay of rome. and in retrospect both sides ha validity in the arguments. by that time china became very important toward the end of 43-44. the nature of were changed because the u.s. original strategy was to drive japanese to the western pacific to the edge and then went on china for china to go north and go thro the japan homeland. by the end of 1943 in the beginning of 1944 particularl from the philippines, as much better way to go after japan. so the la
sir u.s. strategy should have focused on asia, but because of britain's persuasion and roosevelts strategic thinking and u.s. and allied overall adopted a policy of europe first is the second strategy. that dramatically reduced the importance of the china theater which have become a major issue term world politics. china constantly tries to justify its importance in the overall global strategy while most of the british tried to downplay of rome....
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to the u.s. when the u.s. at least in part of the us is now has a different status. goes on to say that i believe this obliges us to rethink the relationship in regards to security this is an unforeseen element and this frustration is shared by leaders throughout latin america who after four decades fighting on the front lines of the us governments and militarized drug war are now questioning was one of the high cost of lives in places like honduras and guatemala the stakes are the most high considering how the u.s. drug enforcement agency or the da a u.s. taxpayer funded entity regularly conducts raids and targeted killings of foreign nationals under a cloak of impunity so check this out and recent years the u.s. has been sponsored coups in both. paraguay and continues to fund their notoriously corrupt police and military forces in countries like honduras the us government whores money instead into institutions that are in many ways a forefront of drug trafficking so who does this all really benefit here well it becomes a little more clear when you look at a map of
to the u.s. when the u.s. at least in part of the us is now has a different status. goes on to say that i believe this obliges us to rethink the relationship in regards to security this is an unforeseen element and this frustration is shared by leaders throughout latin america who after four decades fighting on the front lines of the us governments and militarized drug war are now questioning was one of the high cost of lives in places like honduras and guatemala the stakes are the most high...
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and seeing what u.s. policy looks like on the ground when it supports the israeli regime when it supports the israeli military and seeing how how u.s. . u.s. military aid to palestine. is israel is is wreaking havoc upon the people when you go to gaza and you see how many homes have been demolished and how kids aren't getting the services and you know the humanitarian aid that they need to survive the holy land foundation was able to to fill in the gaps absolutely and it is just such an enormous hypocrisy nor when you look at you know feeding palestinian kids and even if they were giving money to hamas i mean look at that the government taking any k. called off the state department terror terrorist list i mean and you have lawmakers receiving tens of thousands of dollars to speak on behalf of that i mean it's just such an astounding hypocritical line coming from this government but it really does always come back to israel i mean you know there was this huge poll from sharon that was swaying the case from
and seeing what u.s. policy looks like on the ground when it supports the israeli regime when it supports the israeli military and seeing how how u.s. . u.s. military aid to palestine. is israel is is wreaking havoc upon the people when you go to gaza and you see how many homes have been demolished and how kids aren't getting the services and you know the humanitarian aid that they need to survive the holy land foundation was able to to fill in the gaps absolutely and it is just such an...
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u.s. society has definite. we becoming a lot more socially liberal we know that according to a gallup poll house of american support same sex marriage so if the system were to work somewhat differently for example the u.s. were to throw a federal referendum it's quite possible that this issue would just become a non-issue all together. on a federal basis instead of being decided on a state by state level but still this is a big big through because right now what we have is a total of nine states plus washington d.c. that have legalized same sex marriage and this is certainly a very big one fifth of the country and definitely with this new kind of hope that this vote has brought for for advocates it's definitely something that's not going away and definitely something that's going to continue developing and. become more of a solution really in the years to come and this is something that we would never have seen see even a decade ago right and as you brought up polls i mean a lot of young p
u.s. society has definite. we becoming a lot more socially liberal we know that according to a gallup poll house of american support same sex marriage so if the system were to work somewhat differently for example the u.s. were to throw a federal referendum it's quite possible that this issue would just become a non-issue all together. on a federal basis instead of being decided on a state by state level but still this is a big big through because right now what we have is a total of nine...
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right now the u.s. imports 20% of its energy needs. >> susie: so our word on the street tonight is "oil". joining us, gregg greenberg, reporter at the street.com. hey, gregg, i know you have been talking to a lot of oil experts today. it's kind of hard to imagine the u.s. after all these years being energy independent. what were they telling new what did you hear? look, scsi, the trend is certainly favorable. it's nice to hear we are producing more energy here in america and much greater than the reverse but i have to take reports like this with a grigg grain of salt. we have been hearing about peak energy for a long time, hearing about saudi arabia's reserves for a long time and you have to take it with a haley dose of skepticism, good news then again you have to be a little bit keptic. >> susie: all right, but if you do believe it's going to happen you have actually identified some companies and industry sectors that will be winners and losers if there is certainly does happen. let's look at the list.
right now the u.s. imports 20% of its energy needs. >> susie: so our word on the street tonight is "oil". joining us, gregg greenberg, reporter at the street.com. hey, gregg, i know you have been talking to a lot of oil experts today. it's kind of hard to imagine the u.s. after all these years being energy independent. what were they telling new what did you hear? look, scsi, the trend is certainly favorable. it's nice to hear we are producing more energy here in america and...
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whether the u.s. blindly backs israel or follows yahoo into a military conflict with iran i think that remains to be seen but i would say that the sanctions policies that we've seen the pressure policies some of the lack of flexibility in being able to negotiate has been driven by the influence of hawkish pro israel lobbies in congress and here in washington and that. you know for the u.s. and frankly for israel if that is not a policy that is is beneficial to their interests at the end of the day we're faced with either a diplomatic resolution to this standoff or we see the escalating pressure the escalating antagonism that cannot survive indefinitely that eventually is going to reach a tipping point and whether it's deliberate or it's accidental we're going to end up in a war. and you can also catch up more news online including losing lives for the big screen while thousands cheer of the much anticipated film premiere all of the hobbit activists claim not all the animals survived the filming lord m
whether the u.s. blindly backs israel or follows yahoo into a military conflict with iran i think that remains to be seen but i would say that the sanctions policies that we've seen the pressure policies some of the lack of flexibility in being able to negotiate has been driven by the influence of hawkish pro israel lobbies in congress and here in washington and that. you know for the u.s. and frankly for israel if that is not a policy that is is beneficial to their interests at the end of the...
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. >> as the u.s. northeast picks up the pieces after sandy, barack obama hits the campaign trail again. >> bayern-munich rocked to victory. >> the chris parliament has made it clear the budget for the european union must be reduced. >> members of parliament delivered an embarrassing defeat to prime minister david cameron late on wednesday in what the press there is calling kamins fright night. >> cameron has been calling for an eu budget freeze, but members of his own conservative party revolted, demanding brussels trim its spending. >> we have more now on the vote and the fallout beginning in london. >> when the vote was read out, it was a stunning defeat for the government. the opposition labor party is rubbing its hands in glee. 53 of david cameron is -- cameron's own party refused to toe the line, pushing through the amendment. kamen wants to freeze the eu budget over the next seven years, but these skeptics say a freeze does not go far enough. they want to see cuts in real terms. opposition labou
. >> as the u.s. northeast picks up the pieces after sandy, barack obama hits the campaign trail again. >> bayern-munich rocked to victory. >> the chris parliament has made it clear the budget for the european union must be reduced. >> members of parliament delivered an embarrassing defeat to prime minister david cameron late on wednesday in what the press there is calling kamins fright night. >> cameron has been calling for an eu budget freeze, but members of his...
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drug enforcement agency or the da a u.s. taxpayer funded entity regularly conducts raids and targeted killings of foreign nationals under a cloak of impunity so check this out and recent years the u.s. has been sponsored coups in both and paraguay and continues to fund their notoriously corrupt police and military forces in countries like honduras the us government whores money instead into institutions that are in many ways a forefront of drug trafficking so who does this all really benefit here well it becomes a little more clear when you look at a map of u.s. bases in latin america the countries you see highlighted all host to u.s. military bases and under the pretext of helping these countries fight the narcotics industry the u.s. is continuing its historic role of using latin america for its own imperialist strategies in the same way the u.s. is bombing and setting up military strongholds in countries like yemen somalia pakistan and others on the auspices of fighting the war on terror u.s. military construction of bases
drug enforcement agency or the da a u.s. taxpayer funded entity regularly conducts raids and targeted killings of foreign nationals under a cloak of impunity so check this out and recent years the u.s. has been sponsored coups in both and paraguay and continues to fund their notoriously corrupt police and military forces in countries like honduras the us government whores money instead into institutions that are in many ways a forefront of drug trafficking so who does this all really benefit...
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foods in the u.s. people are unaware of what the consequences are of consuming these foods in fact voting yes on prop thirty seven seems like a no brainer but the efforts of those who profit from keeping us in the dark are pouring tens of millions of dollars into a distant from asian campaign to stop prop thirty seven reports from last week show that over forty. one million dollars has been invested into the no on prop thirty seven campaign check it out. thirty seven proposes a food labeling requirement the american medical association called scientifically unjustified and ministering thirty seven's complex regulations would waste millions of tax dollars of all throwing on a lab coat and a stethoscope does not mean this lady is a doctor or that she gives a crap about your health and to say that a label even would be scientifically unjustified is calling the forty other countries that require labels or a straight up ban g m o's stupid look the cost for california residents is in consequential if you act
foods in the u.s. people are unaware of what the consequences are of consuming these foods in fact voting yes on prop thirty seven seems like a no brainer but the efforts of those who profit from keeping us in the dark are pouring tens of millions of dollars into a distant from asian campaign to stop prop thirty seven reports from last week show that over forty. one million dollars has been invested into the no on prop thirty seven campaign check it out. thirty seven proposes a food labeling...
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well the u.s. government has auctioned off plots of drilling rights to the highest bidder but the e.p.a. did bar one company from the auction british petroleum the company responsible for the deepwater horizon accident and two thousand and ten killing eleven employees and spilling up to four point nine million barrels of oil into the gulf of mexico although oil companies made off better at the auction chevron with the single highest bid of seventeen point two million dollars won the right to drill in the western gulf of mexico about one hundred forty miles south of galveston texas although chevron got the top prize conoco phillips will also pay fifty one point eight million dollars for sixty two tracks in the gulf and if you look at the top two institutional investors for both companies you'll see some interesting similarities the. state street corporation and vanguard both holding companies own the most corporate shares of the two the top thirteen oil companies submitted nearly one hundred fifty e
well the u.s. government has auctioned off plots of drilling rights to the highest bidder but the e.p.a. did bar one company from the auction british petroleum the company responsible for the deepwater horizon accident and two thousand and ten killing eleven employees and spilling up to four point nine million barrels of oil into the gulf of mexico although oil companies made off better at the auction chevron with the single highest bid of seventeen point two million dollars won the right to...
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relations between the u.s. military and the local population are extremely tense and have been for many years. so this just adds another incident on top of what is already a very bad situation. >> china's ruling communist party is about told a once in a decade congress or the next generation of leaders will be unveiled. our correspondent is reporting from all parts of the country looking at the challenges china will face over the next 10 years. at the three gorges, we're looking at how construction has affected people. >> it is one of the biggest dams ever built, over two kilometers and costing over $40 billion. it was designed to tame the yangtze river. with a project on this scale, nobody was allowed to get in the way. when it was completed, these fishermen were told to leave. but they say it is the only job they know. >> we cannot make a living if we cannot fish. we have appealed, but no one is listening. >> this stands as a symbol of china's and development over the last decade. the scale and pace of change
relations between the u.s. military and the local population are extremely tense and have been for many years. so this just adds another incident on top of what is already a very bad situation. >> china's ruling communist party is about told a once in a decade congress or the next generation of leaders will be unveiled. our correspondent is reporting from all parts of the country looking at the challenges china will face over the next 10 years. at the three gorges, we're looking at how...
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the u.s. president defies a fragile economy and high unemployment to win the election, telling the american people the best is yet to come. >> appeals from angela merkel to her european partners -- an end to the eurozone debt crisis will require more unity. >> and a parliamentary vote on another round of austerity cuts in greece. >> thanks for joining us. barack obama has won his second term in office as president of the united states, but his celebrations will be short-lived as the multitude of urgent issues on his desk draws him back to work without delay. >> the first order of business will be to negotiate a new budget deal in congress by the end of the year. otherwise, and harsh plan of spending cuts and tax increases are due to go into effect. we will hear more about that later on in the show, but first, a look back at how things play out on election night in the u.s. >> his face said it all -- president barack obama had to fight hard to keep his job in a tough race against his republican
the u.s. president defies a fragile economy and high unemployment to win the election, telling the american people the best is yet to come. >> appeals from angela merkel to her european partners -- an end to the eurozone debt crisis will require more unity. >> and a parliamentary vote on another round of austerity cuts in greece. >> thanks for joining us. barack obama has won his second term in office as president of the united states, but his celebrations will be short-lived...
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you had the u.s. army, the u.s. navy, the state department and fbi cut treasury, commerce and every major agency in the u.s. government had its own intelligence service specialized nature. so it was created to naturalize or centralize that intelligence existence which is something that the model offered the british which is also very controversy all major -- major because there are blamed by inference in the british system. so it was a very interesting experience because in world war ii was the prior opportunity for the proponent of a centralized intelligence to prove its worth? ?d that's likely it was???? fascinating and generated a lot of argument for the purpose of providing the legal??????? justification.????????? it became a very important??? ground because all that exist in military generals or admirals' did not like having the overarching intelligence service working under them because they are the local boss. and only in china the command structure was a mess. there was no unity of com
you had the u.s. army, the u.s. navy, the state department and fbi cut treasury, commerce and every major agency in the u.s. government had its own intelligence service specialized nature. so it was created to naturalize or centralize that intelligence existence which is something that the model offered the british which is also very controversy all major -- major because there are blamed by inference in the british system. so it was a very interesting experience because in world war ii was the...
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where the u.s. was most involved in various countries in central america what you actually saw was a decline in democracy in a continuing support of autocratic regimes and we can see that straight through it's also i think the case in haiti and. that's fine tom go ahead. it's certainly true that the united states is often inconsistent in its policies with respect to democracy but the fact that it's inconsistent doesn't mean it's insignificant united states has come in on the side of democracy in many countries and the fact that we're still very close to the saudi regime i think is in an unfortunate in many ways and it's a reality of our economic and security interests there but the fact that you have some cases that fall on one side of the line doesn't mean there haven't been many significant cases on the other and so i don't think we should overstate the fact that the united states isn't always in consistent to say therefore that u.s. democracy promotion is just a sham ok charles i mean the idea of
where the u.s. was most involved in various countries in central america what you actually saw was a decline in democracy in a continuing support of autocratic regimes and we can see that straight through it's also i think the case in haiti and. that's fine tom go ahead. it's certainly true that the united states is often inconsistent in its policies with respect to democracy but the fact that it's inconsistent doesn't mean it's insignificant united states has come in on the side of democracy...
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narrator the u.s. i.n.s., or immigration and naturalization service, records each apprehension on standard forms, including one entrywith hid: it was the migrants' home towns inexico. that's whabringseograpr richard jones to the i.n. with a novel reseah plan. jones knows that economic conditions vary greatly om region to region in mexico. he suspects that some places drive ou- or "push"-- many more migrants to the u.s. than others. hehis investigation beginses driin tly90s "push"-- aris hom in sanoniotes. jones lieves many secrets are stored in i.n.s. files like tse. can they reveal where most migrants come om? can the answers help both countries keep more ople at home? cjones sampless every tenth record, writing down the area of origin within mexico. back in his office at the university of texas, he enters the values into a map of mexico. jones marks in blue the wnships that send an above-average number of migrantso e u.s. jonea pattern emerges that reveals much about thchanging econocage numbeansocia
narrator the u.s. i.n.s., or immigration and naturalization service, records each apprehension on standard forms, including one entrywith hid: it was the migrants' home towns inexico. that's whabringseograpr richard jones to the i.n. with a novel reseah plan. jones knows that economic conditions vary greatly om region to region in mexico. he suspects that some places drive ou- or "push"-- many more migrants to the u.s. than others. hehis investigation beginses driin tly90s...
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the u.s. heading towards its fiscal cliff. the president reaching out to congress. >> the german parliament passes a disputed child care benefit. >> the day of the wall came down. evens that changed everything. >> in less than two months, the u.s. will enter the perfect economic storm known as the fiscal cliff. a combination of tax increases and budget cuts could send the united states back into recession. >> barack obama back at work after his election reached out with republicans today saying he wants to reach a solution but only f the ridges are asked to give more. >> i'm open to compromise. i'm open to new ideas. i'm committed to solving our fiscal challenge, but i refuse to accept any approach that is not balanced. i'm not going to ask students and seniors, middle-class families, to pay down the entire deficit while people like me, making over $250,000, are not asked to pay one dime more in taxes. i'm not going to do that. "the very clear word from the newly elected president. what do you
the u.s. heading towards its fiscal cliff. the president reaching out to congress. >> the german parliament passes a disputed child care benefit. >> the day of the wall came down. evens that changed everything. >> in less than two months, the u.s. will enter the perfect economic storm known as the fiscal cliff. a combination of tax increases and budget cuts could send the united states back into recession. >> barack obama back at work after his election reached out with...
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threatens to attack iran and the u.s. appears to be stopping some argue that he was might be playing a good cop bad cop diplomatic game there anyway the administration's strategy appears to be to make iran so desperate that they would agree to anything but sanctioning iran was probably not president obama's very first move after winning this election government officials here say that on wednesday a u.s. drone strike targeted a group of al qaida militants. in yemen and the president had to authorize that and possibly he did that within hours after his reelection the use of drones has been highly controversial it's quite clear not everybody by those drones are terrorists and the administration so far has been far from transparent on how they pick the targets and basically. the u.n. has raised concerns about the legality of such executions has been a lot of criticism especially after numerous reports of civilian deaths in the meantime this administration is said to rely on drones more and more and other drone related story
threatens to attack iran and the u.s. appears to be stopping some argue that he was might be playing a good cop bad cop diplomatic game there anyway the administration's strategy appears to be to make iran so desperate that they would agree to anything but sanctioning iran was probably not president obama's very first move after winning this election government officials here say that on wednesday a u.s. drone strike targeted a group of al qaida militants. in yemen and the president had to...
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he says the u.s. must maintain its own strength to create stability around the world. >> it is our responsibility and the responsibility of the president to use america's greatest power to shape history. >> reporter: both candidates have talked about relations with china but often in economic terms. neither has explained enough how he would deal with beijing diplomatically. china is now the world's second largest economy. it's also strengthening its military power and it's growing more assertive in territorial disputes. professor zhao quansheng is an expert on asian policy at american university in washington, d.c. he says both obama and romney would, if elected, continue the u.s. policy of engagement in the region. >> asia-pacific is a natural choice for the priority of u.s. foreign policy given the very size of economy, and this is the most dynamic region in the world. think about -- i mean, u.s., china, japan. number one, number two, number three economies, all in asia pacific. >> reporter: zhao sa
he says the u.s. must maintain its own strength to create stability around the world. >> it is our responsibility and the responsibility of the president to use america's greatest power to shape history. >> reporter: both candidates have talked about relations with china but often in economic terms. neither has explained enough how he would deal with beijing diplomatically. china is now the world's second largest economy. it's also strengthening its military power and it's growing...
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the final set of numbers on the u.s. jobs market before the election are out in just a few hours forecasts calling for another month of modest but not stellar payroll growth. >> dow, nasdaq post strongest session since mid september. >> the rising cost of sandy, one major risk modeling firm now says the economic losses from the storm could reach $50 billion. >> and china steps insecurity ahead of next week's com you uhe nis party congress. even model airplanes have been grounded. if you're just joining us, very good morning to you. this is where we stand. we are at the moment dow 24 points below fair value. let's show you where we is an with you're feuropean stocks. cac down half a percent, ftse 100 down 0.2%. let's show you some individual stocks in focus. losses on friday hurt by a sector wide slump. equipment maker cutting back spending down as you can see merely 7%. rbs coming out with results this morning. this is the uk bank with a government owned majority and part nationalized lending reporting an increase in thi
the final set of numbers on the u.s. jobs market before the election are out in just a few hours forecasts calling for another month of modest but not stellar payroll growth. >> dow, nasdaq post strongest session since mid september. >> the rising cost of sandy, one major risk modeling firm now says the economic losses from the storm could reach $50 billion. >> and china steps insecurity ahead of next week's com you uhe nis party congress. even model airplanes have been...
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to the u.s. basically and while we're on the topic a saudi arabia how do you think that this will change its position in the middle east and how it taught relates other nations well again a lot of people would tell you many different stories as to how the saudi arabia is going to react to this how the other gulf countries are going to think about this but one more thing one thing that a lot of people are talking about is how the these countries should maybe unite together and find other resources they depend on other than the oil we know that they're going to distill export their oil to other countries many people say that asia is going to be the next power but will the u.s. allow asia to be the power in the middle east and maybe control the state of the strait of her moans and control the arab countries and when we're talking their countries when we're talking the gulf countries we're not just talking those. countries we're talking the middle east entirely so is the. i think it's going to let ch
to the u.s. basically and while we're on the topic a saudi arabia how do you think that this will change its position in the middle east and how it taught relates other nations well again a lot of people would tell you many different stories as to how the saudi arabia is going to react to this how the other gulf countries are going to think about this but one more thing one thing that a lot of people are talking about is how the these countries should maybe unite together and find other...
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news continues now the u.s. campaign in afghanistan and suffer the military grade blow with at least two celebrity generals and veterans of the intervention for grace a sex scandal that started with revelations of the ex cia chief having an affair has now claimed the reputation of the current afghan campaign commander obviously she cannot explain. in the papers here in afghanistan for transit star and battlefield felled at cia by an affair this situation the reaction on the ground has been one of outrage people are really quite confused by this whole scandal one of the comments that i heard from a person who wish to be anonymous in the foreign ministry is office was they founded really indicative of how well the afghan war effort is going in terms of u.s. policy if the top general in charge of it had time to send twenty to thirty thousand pages worth of inappropriate e-mails people here have also expressed some confusion as to why these kinds of scandals would force these top men to resign and not for example th
news continues now the u.s. campaign in afghanistan and suffer the military grade blow with at least two celebrity generals and veterans of the intervention for grace a sex scandal that started with revelations of the ex cia chief having an affair has now claimed the reputation of the current afghan campaign commander obviously she cannot explain. in the papers here in afghanistan for transit star and battlefield felled at cia by an affair this situation the reaction on the ground has been one...
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the u.s. held on to boom up mubarak as long as he possibly could and only ever since we've been very troubled basis about actual democracy taking hold their inbox reign were holding back in you know helping the khalifa regime suppress pro-democracy movement there in yemen we did sort of a. regime change with that you know didn't have much to say about democracy was a one single candidate election and across the region and that's been true since after called after the. after world war two the u.s. has has preferred what what wanks like to call stability but wait what normal people like to call tyranny ok tom where do you came in on this because a lot of talk about democracy pretty well it's certainly true that the. yes absolutely it's certainly true that the arab spring has presented harder choices for the united states than it faced in say central and eastern europe in the one nine hundred ninety s. where it clearly seemed that democratization would be in the u.s. interest or in latin america
the u.s. held on to boom up mubarak as long as he possibly could and only ever since we've been very troubled basis about actual democracy taking hold their inbox reign were holding back in you know helping the khalifa regime suppress pro-democracy movement there in yemen we did sort of a. regime change with that you know didn't have much to say about democracy was a one single candidate election and across the region and that's been true since after called after the. after world war two the...
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the u.s. and china is stable because it's so complicated. there are so many areas of interaction -- the trade relationship, the cultural exchanges. the practical relationship has to continue, and the economic and interactions will continue. >> reporter: as china's economic power grows, friction, as well as economic ties with the u.s. are bound to increase. whoever wins the presidential election will have to balance the tough talk with constructive action. >> earlier i spoke with susumu kojima, who has been following the u.s. election. susumu, obviously campaign talk is sometimes just that -- talk. but why did both candidates target china? >> well, the main theme of this election is the economy, more specifically, jobs. obama and romney have competing visions for how they will get things back on track. in some cases they need to give american voters a simple reason to explain job losses. so both candidates point to china as one of those reasons. some americans would buy their explanation. they
the u.s. and china is stable because it's so complicated. there are so many areas of interaction -- the trade relationship, the cultural exchanges. the practical relationship has to continue, and the economic and interactions will continue. >> reporter: as china's economic power grows, friction, as well as economic ties with the u.s. are bound to increase. whoever wins the presidential election will have to balance the tough talk with constructive action. >> earlier i spoke with...
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provided arms to u.s. backed dictators etc and in that context. the work of pro israeli lobbies the traditional jewish lobby the newer christian zionist lobby has all of that influence began to to join it intersected with the strategic value that israel was starting to have for the pentagon for the congress so you have this intersection of the political in the strategic then when the cold war is over all of a sudden the political part remains and it becomes very hard to sort of say well israel is just one more ally that we should change how we relate to it now because it's a different world it is shaping it's all part of shaping the narrative but i wanted to go back to something that you just said in an excellent article that you just wrote in the nation you said in reference to rockets from gaza in israel using force to resist and is illegal military force in the context of a belligerent military occupation is lawful under international law can you elaborate more specifically. in years ago the general assembly took up the question of the right of
provided arms to u.s. backed dictators etc and in that context. the work of pro israeli lobbies the traditional jewish lobby the newer christian zionist lobby has all of that influence began to to join it intersected with the strategic value that israel was starting to have for the pentagon for the congress so you have this intersection of the political in the strategic then when the cold war is over all of a sudden the political part remains and it becomes very hard to sort of say well israel...
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. policies and u.s. leadership on this point? jim zogby: let's start with the last point. tom gjelten: okay. jim zogby: it's a favorite of mine because it actually comes from the old colonial mindset of if you're firm and tough and look them straight in the eye, and they'll cower and bend over and say sahiv [spelled phonetically]. and brits tried it, and it didn't work. we tried it, and it's not working, and yet it's still being taught. bernard lewis is still viewed as an expert in some strange way as the guy who taught us how arabs think. on the other point, the public is war-weary and wary about new wars, precisely because of how badly handled the iraq war was in particular. afghanistan did not create a real dent in terms of arab opinion, and i think for the most part, as we saw from the data, the public largely dismissed it and or just tolerated it until the corner was turned and we went up to 100,000 troops and now there's a real focus on that one. but in terms of both american public opinion of the war and arab opinion of am
. policies and u.s. leadership on this point? jim zogby: let's start with the last point. tom gjelten: okay. jim zogby: it's a favorite of mine because it actually comes from the old colonial mindset of if you're firm and tough and look them straight in the eye, and they'll cower and bend over and say sahiv [spelled phonetically]. and brits tried it, and it didn't work. we tried it, and it's not working, and yet it's still being taught. bernard lewis is still viewed as an expert in some strange...
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sees no evidence that u.s. air strikes, u.s. drones strikes have led to an increase in the number of operativeses within al qaeda. i think that's either incredibly naive or delibtly misleading. and one of the potential reasons for that may be that the u.s. policy makers in yemen just don't get out and don't interact with a lot of yemenees. there are obviously very real security concerns. we all know the situation in benghazi and libya. obviously u.s. diplomats abroad are a target. i was just in yemen a couple of weeks ago. i visited the u.s. embassy. it's very, very difficult to get in and once you're in you don't really get out. when i first started going to yemen about a decade ago you have u.s. diplomats based all throughout the city, they would travel throughout the country. now the situation is that u.s. diplomats all live in essentially what's a little green zone. so you have them staying at the sheraton hotel which is right above the embassy in sort of this secure corridor and then going to work at the embassy and then go
sees no evidence that u.s. air strikes, u.s. drones strikes have led to an increase in the number of operativeses within al qaeda. i think that's either incredibly naive or delibtly misleading. and one of the potential reasons for that may be that the u.s. policy makers in yemen just don't get out and don't interact with a lot of yemenees. there are obviously very real security concerns. we all know the situation in benghazi and libya. obviously u.s. diplomats abroad are a target. i was just in...
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the u.s. commander in afghanistan for now. but these latest developments only serve to widen the scandal that has gripped the nation's capital since friday. tara mergener is in washington with more. what's the latest there? >> reporter: good morning to you. that's right. another twist in this drama. defense secretary leon panetta ordered a pentagon investigation on monday involving one of the u.s. military's biggest names. general john allen, the man who succeeded david petraeus as head of the international forces in afghanistan, is now linked to the fbi investigation involving his predecessor. >> i want to thank you all so much for being here this morning. >> reporter: secretary of defense leon panetta confirms department of defense is investigating allen, and a senior u.s. defense official says the inquiry centers around potentially inappropriate e-mails with jill kelly, the florida woman who sparked an investigation that led to petraeus's resignation as head of the cia. >> if you know my si
the u.s. commander in afghanistan for now. but these latest developments only serve to widen the scandal that has gripped the nation's capital since friday. tara mergener is in washington with more. what's the latest there? >> reporter: good morning to you. that's right. another twist in this drama. defense secretary leon panetta ordered a pentagon investigation on monday involving one of the u.s. military's biggest names. general john allen, the man who succeeded david petraeus as head...
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the u.s. response to the shelling of gaza was easy to predict and it says we stand by our partners in their right to defend themselves against terrorism the u.s. representative to the u.n. has released a statement saying the u.s. expresses regret at the death and injury of innocent israeli and palestinian civilians caused by the violence there but made it clear that washington is clearly blaming the palestinians for the israelis shelling of gaza palestinians are asking the security council to stop israel and what they call quote war crimes perpetrated by israel against the palestinian people israel of course is saying that the airstrikes are a justified response to the rocket fire from gaza in two thousand as for all it's worth noting that this wednesday while israel was storming gaza from air president obama was holding a news conference the president received no question about gaza and there was almost nothing on t.v. here about it i've been watching very closely the israeli defense minister
the u.s. response to the shelling of gaza was easy to predict and it says we stand by our partners in their right to defend themselves against terrorism the u.s. representative to the u.n. has released a statement saying the u.s. expresses regret at the death and injury of innocent israeli and palestinian civilians caused by the violence there but made it clear that washington is clearly blaming the palestinians for the israelis shelling of gaza palestinians are asking the security council to...
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u.s., as well. cac 40 down half a percent. weighed town by the moody's downgrade, although expected. and ibex done around 0.4%. french debt market, yields are up to 2.1%. treasuries slightly higher, but still below 6%. ten year bund yields slightly lower. so france is trading with the peripheral in that sense. euro-dollar, 1.2794 is where we stand, dipping slightly on on the back of the french downgrade. dollar-yen 81.26, but the yen has been down at acceseven mont lows. aussie dollar slightly weaker against the u.s. dollar. rba minutes suggesting that their policymakers consider further monetary easing may be appropriate. still to come, we'll be in athens and brussels. euro group reportedly close to signing off on the next tranche aid. i always wait until the last minute. can i still ship a gift in time for christmas? yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. get o
u.s., as well. cac 40 down half a percent. weighed town by the moody's downgrade, although expected. and ibex done around 0.4%. french debt market, yields are up to 2.1%. treasuries slightly higher, but still below 6%. ten year bund yields slightly lower. so france is trading with the peripheral in that sense. euro-dollar, 1.2794 is where we stand, dipping slightly on on the back of the french downgrade. dollar-yen 81.26, but the yen has been down at acceseven mont lows. aussie dollar slightly...
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the u.s. and afghanistan a beginning talks of a new security arrangements the focus on how big america's presence will be off to two thousand and fourteen when troops leave discussions that come amid a climate of mistrust the thorniest issues being whether u.s. soldiers should be given immunity from prosecution under afghan law but he caffein off reports. the u.s. and afghanistan have kicked off talks on thursday tough talks about the security framework agreement that the two countries will maintain after most of the nato combat forces withdraw from the country at the end of twenty fourteen now these are expected to be rather controversial contentious talks they come amid a climate of suspicion and mistrust between the two countries one of the biggest issues on the table here we expect this to take about several months to complete and of course the afghan government has long complained about the conduct of u.s. forces operations on the ground here in afghanistan some of the issues that they ar
the u.s. and afghanistan a beginning talks of a new security arrangements the focus on how big america's presence will be off to two thousand and fourteen when troops leave discussions that come amid a climate of mistrust the thorniest issues being whether u.s. soldiers should be given immunity from prosecution under afghan law but he caffein off reports. the u.s. and afghanistan have kicked off talks on thursday tough talks about the security framework agreement that the two countries will...
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u.s.-israel relationship is strong and open enough and the lines of communication are open up that it would not happen. one of the other things that if it may give a little positivity towards that is a concern that the nuclear facilities are so far in the ground that israel does not producing a satisfactory assault. they would need u.s. plant emissions to carry some of those weapons. perhaps that might give some hope there would be communication, if there is an attack down the line, that the two countries would be to work together and cordray. host: 3 more, go to foreignpolicy.com. thank you for talking to our viewers. guest: thank you for having me. host: that does it for today. we will be back live tomorrow morning but lawmakers make their way back for the lame-duck session that begins today. we will be up there taking your calls and your comments and questions. thank you for watching today. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satell
u.s.-israel relationship is strong and open enough and the lines of communication are open up that it would not happen. one of the other things that if it may give a little positivity towards that is a concern that the nuclear facilities are so far in the ground that israel does not producing a satisfactory assault. they would need u.s. plant emissions to carry some of those weapons. perhaps that might give some hope there would be communication, if there is an attack down the line, that the...
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furthermore u.s. navy officials confirm a russian nuclear-powered attack submarine was detected 300 miles of the east coast of the united states in late october. russia's navy commander announced that on june 1st russian nuclear-powered subs would return to patrolling the world's oceans. lou: fox news national security correspondent. joining me now, former u.s. ambassador. off the coast of a ron. this was peculiar at best. >> is timing may be coincidental. something to do with the elections. what he said when i asked why this information was not released. because of a classified nature of that activity. then normally would not release this information. i think that is strange credulity, but i do think it did not want to make an active war. they pbed, tried to shoot it down, failed. it does not say much for their capabilities. lou: your thoughts. >> well, i think it is outrageous that the justification for not releasing the infoation before the election was that he mission was classified. it is okay to
furthermore u.s. navy officials confirm a russian nuclear-powered attack submarine was detected 300 miles of the east coast of the united states in late october. russia's navy commander announced that on june 1st russian nuclear-powered subs would return to patrolling the world's oceans. lou: fox news national security correspondent. joining me now, former u.s. ambassador. off the coast of a ron. this was peculiar at best. >> is timing may be coincidental. something to do with the...
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the u.s. appears to be in a much slower recovery than was hopeful many are worried that obama isn't doing as much as he could be doing mean little fall in unemployment and little increase in the size of the private sector and in fact this yeah the european countries in here in need in the u.s. entered into a sort of war of words france and germany in particular felt that obama was much too involved much too medals in what they were doing with their economies germany told the u.s. to mind his own budget mind his own deficit before it looked to other countries and france directly said that the u.s. was responsible for the economic crisis it had nothing to say about how they were going to get out of it so we had reactions from david cameron he tweeted his congratulations as has the e.u. commission to say it's all smiles on the surface and i think there are some issues to be discussed underneath was the congress on a reaction coming in from around the world are no exception russia's president vlad
the u.s. appears to be in a much slower recovery than was hopeful many are worried that obama isn't doing as much as he could be doing mean little fall in unemployment and little increase in the size of the private sector and in fact this yeah the european countries in here in need in the u.s. entered into a sort of war of words france and germany in particular felt that obama was much too involved much too medals in what they were doing with their economies germany told the u.s. to mind his...
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also the u.s. reluctantly took the same british commitments came later with the fall of the shot and the iranian revolution and the west had to rely on saudi arabia in the aftermath of british withdraw because of america's involvement of vietnam. with the primary killer now gone united states had to figure out a way to project military powers they would no longer shepard after interest in the region. with the carter restoration the annunciation of the carter doctrine in this "state of the union" speech carter said in the attack on western interest in the persian gulf represents the attack and u.s. vital interest and they will be prepared to use military force in defense of those interest. i paraphrase. but we did not have robust military to provide the opportunity. but it was the step the united states took to assume security responsibilities in the gulf. the next that the west took to assume those same duties came into the iran and iraq war beginning in 1980 continuing through the '80s. and throug
also the u.s. reluctantly took the same british commitments came later with the fall of the shot and the iranian revolution and the west had to rely on saudi arabia in the aftermath of british withdraw because of america's involvement of vietnam. with the primary killer now gone united states had to figure out a way to project military powers they would no longer shepard after interest in the region. with the carter restoration the annunciation of the carter doctrine in this "state of the...
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the u.s. house gavels in to begin their first bit of legislative work starting the lame duck session, four bills including on asthma inhalers and gavel back out when they finish to return for votes at 6:30 and we expect them to swear in a number of members filling out the remainder of terms for the 112th congress. we expect those to happen during the upcoming votes at 6:30 this evening. the senate also in session today and they have been dealing with a bill drk working on rules to federal land to federal hunting and fishing and the house and senate committees getting under way this week. the intelligence committees in particular off the floor, the intelligence committee of the senate and the house will be meeting in closed session to look at the attack in libya in benghazi this week. tomorrow on c-span 3, we will be covering a hearing looking at the meningitis outbreak. that is tomorrow morning at 10:00 eastern, c-span 3. the president will be hosting a news conference. we do not know the time
the u.s. house gavels in to begin their first bit of legislative work starting the lame duck session, four bills including on asthma inhalers and gavel back out when they finish to return for votes at 6:30 and we expect them to swear in a number of members filling out the remainder of terms for the 112th congress. we expect those to happen during the upcoming votes at 6:30 this evening. the senate also in session today and they have been dealing with a bill drk working on rules to federal land...
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and of course the u.s. and what we've seen since then huge consequences both internationally and the wiki leaks as a corporation and so people within that corporation so we're going to talk about this in a little bit more detail i know but there's been huge consequences in terms of the arab spring cable guy is really credited with being a catalyst for the arab spring also since cable gave wiki leaks as a corporation and many people will say that this is not a coincidence has come under increasing pressure quite shortly following cable gate its experience denial of service is service attacks on it as it was also blockaded by a lot of payment method so pay pal credit card companies denied wiki leaks that this is and so couldn't therefore receive any donations and that's a legal battle that's still going on of course there have been consequences for broadly manning who may or may not be the original source of the documents he's in pretrial detention in the united states as we speak and of course julian i saw h
and of course the u.s. and what we've seen since then huge consequences both internationally and the wiki leaks as a corporation and so people within that corporation so we're going to talk about this in a little bit more detail i know but there's been huge consequences in terms of the arab spring cable guy is really credited with being a catalyst for the arab spring also since cable gave wiki leaks as a corporation and many people will say that this is not a coincidence has come under...
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we continue live coverage of the u.s. presidential elections are out the day plus a plenty of expert opinion and analysis on and on line and more news coming your way here to celebrate stay with us. the six america votes for its next president. to take the wheel as the u.s. drives into the feature. get the news the mainstream missives with a place for the next three to do a selection of clues. dot com. usually the police and occupy protesters are like oil and water but in atlanta they've come together to save the house of a former detective jacqueline barber unfortunately ms barber lost a lot of money battling cancer and was facing eviction which she turned to occupy homes for help so far she's managed to stay in her home despite it being sold out from under her feet but the main thing is that her fight to stay in her home has become like a bridge between two groups who are usually at each other's throats the police and occupiers the thing is the cruel economic practices can affect us all even retired police like ms barbe
we continue live coverage of the u.s. presidential elections are out the day plus a plenty of expert opinion and analysis on and on line and more news coming your way here to celebrate stay with us. the six america votes for its next president. to take the wheel as the u.s. drives into the feature. get the news the mainstream missives with a place for the next three to do a selection of clues. dot com. usually the police and occupy protesters are like oil and water but in atlanta they've come...
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their u.s. distributor filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today saying it would no longer sell cars in the u.s. mainland. suzuki mostly sold small cars and full wheel drives in america, but only sold 26,000 vehicles last year. by the end of september, its u.s. distributor had accumulated $346 million in debt. it's now the second japanese carmaker to exits the u.s. car market, but it will continue to provide parts and service for existing customers. suzuki hopes to strengthen its earnings in europe. shares rose on the news, but investors are looking ahead through friday when a sue szuki reports earnings. >>> and another japanese maker is planning to k3exit europe in january. they blame partly the yen's strategy. >>> still to come, nestle has a recipe for growth. we'll find out the its ingredients from the ceo. >>> debt troubles continue to steer multinationals toward kree merge memaernerging markets. we recently caught up with nestle c efeo. what did he have to say? >> essentially he's re
their u.s. distributor filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today saying it would no longer sell cars in the u.s. mainland. suzuki mostly sold small cars and full wheel drives in america, but only sold 26,000 vehicles last year. by the end of september, its u.s. distributor had accumulated $346 million in debt. it's now the second japanese carmaker to exits the u.s. car market, but it will continue to provide parts and service for existing customers. suzuki hopes to strengthen its...